The Philadelphia Eagles traded away safety Chauncey (C.J.) Gardner-Johnson at the beginning of the offseason to the Houston Texans.
It's been three months since that deal, and Gardner-Johnson still isn't over the team having decided to move on from him.
Speaking to Houston reporter Aaron Wilson, Gardner-Johnson made it abundantly clear that he remains angry with his former team because they moved on from him, even after a Super Bowl.
“I feel highly disrespected, but it’s a business,” Gardner-Johnson told Wilson of Houston’s KPRC 2. “Never was an All-Pro or Pro Bowl [selection]. Never. Led the league in interceptions. What more do you want?”
When he was first moved, Gardner-Johnson's original comments toward the Eagles were filled with appreciation and admiration for how they handled his departure. The team's leader in interceptions announced and acknowledged that Philadelphia moved on from him for salary cap purposes.
He understood.
Things have changed, though, in his public approach to the move.
The 27-year-old has always been known as an outspoken individual. It's one of the reasons - as his colorful style motivates him - he has been consistently good over his six-year journey in the NFL.
There's something to be said for moving on, though. The fact that Gardner-Johnson remains as outspoken as he has been is staggering in the sense that it borders on a waste of time.
He played his best ball through his two years with the Eagles, and was moved to a playoff contender in Houston.
Philadelphia, in shipping Gardner-Johnson to a contender, likely feels it did do right by him in the end.
It might be time for the veteran safety - for his own good -to recognize that.
